“No one has the archive or library that YIVO has,” said Itzik Gottesman, who teaches Yiddish language and culture courses at ...

Astrolabes were the medieval equivalent of smartphones—versatile tools capable of calculating time, mapping stars, and even casting horoscopes. This particular astrolabe, dubbed the “Verona ...

No one sets foot in an art exhibition with a completely open mind. There are always preconceptions, expectations or doubts.

Prof. Hogendijk’s interest in Islamic astrolabes goes back to 1988 when he started holding “interactive astrolabe workshops. I chose an old Islamic astrolabe, for example, a Yemeni astrolabe ...